Sg2009wc:chic
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Title: Geek is the new Chic
Session: 5-B Bay Area Jan 2009
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Geek girl perceptions/chic over time. All of us here are the same age range, feh. In high school, geek girls were schlubby tomboys.
Stereotypes and Architypes
Now there's the stereotype of the hot geek girl - camgirls, etc.
- It's less weird for teens now to know geeky stuff -- it's not nerdy to know HTML anymore, for example.
- Geek community is becoming more everyday and similar to artist communities
- Next wave of jobs after the recession is going to require a ton of technology
- There's a certain geek chic now among hipsters -- and yet there's still conformity to the overculture requirements for what's attractive. Hot geeks are hot people who happen to be geeks.
On the other hand, there are a ton of geeky culture things going on now -- loads of comic book movies, etc....
What Does Geek Mean...
Segue into the movie Twilight: Talking about Twilight, grah. Twinkie effect - it's bad for me but I love it kind of thing.
Observation: geeks are PASSIONATE! We either LOVE things and pour a lot of energy into them (fansites, etc) or HATE things, and pour a lot of energy into HATING them (like anti-Twilight people)
Awesome book about geekness: The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao Are blogs dead? Eh, depends on who you ask. in terms of becoming a blogging celebrity? probably -- most of that ground is covered now. But as a medium, no way.
Nerd vs Geek, definitions? Geek = passion, positive, etc. Nerd = good grades but bad social skills, pejorative. Geeks as computer nerds? Gotta have a tech aspect to be a geek?
Geek gals as lone wolves -- we're used to being the lone girl in a pack of guys, makes us more individualist
Apparences
Discussion of dressing up and down in professional aspects -- one gal has to be careful to dress right so that clients and potential clients will get the right impression. Lot of stereotyping from physical appearance. "The odds are good, but the goods are odd!" being one of the guys, blending in, etc. Geek girls can fit in as one of the guys -- like having a bunch of brothers.
Evolution to Embrace Geekiness
NERDCORE RULES! Discussion of nerdcore hip-hop, artists, culture. beefyness.com, frontalot.com, etc.